BEAR CREEK NEAR BAYONET POINT FL
BEAR CREEK FL USGS
BEAR CREEK NEAR BAYONET POINT FL (02310368) is a real-time river monitoring station on the BEAR CREEK in FL, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 46 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 02310368
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- FL
- Coordinates
- 28.3388, -82.6988
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyBear Creek Near Bayonet Point Fl has 46 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis felis), Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre marinus), Silver Perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), Shad Porgy (Calamus arctifrons), and 41 others.
- Sheepshead Archosargus probatocephalus
- Hardhead Catfish Ariopsis felis
- Gafftopsail Catfish Bagre marinus
- Silver Perch Bairdiella chrysoura
- Shad Porgy Calamus arctifrons
- Atlantic Crevalle Jack Caranx hippos
- Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis
- Atlantic Spadefish Chaetodipterus faber
- Striped Burrfish Chilomycterus schoepfii
- Walking Catfish Clarias batrachus
- Spotted Seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus
- Sheepshead Minnow Cyprinodon variegatus
- Ladyfish Elops saurus
- Goldspotted Killifish Floridichthys carpio
- Golden Topminnow Fundulus chrysotus
- Gulf Killifish Fundulus grandis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- White Grunt Haemulon plumierii
- Least Killifish Heterandria formosa
- Dwarf Seahorse Hippocampus zosterae
- Zebratail Blenny Hypleurochilus caudovittatus
- Hogfish Lachnolaimus maximus
- Pinfish Lagodon rhomboides
- Florida Gar Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Coppernose Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus purpurascens
- Crested Goby Lophogobius cyprinoides
- Common Snappers Lutjanus
- Gray Snapper Lutjanus griseus
- Florida Bass Micropterus salmoides
- Sea Mullet Mugil cephalus
- Gulf Toadfish Opsanus beta
- Leopard Toadfish Opsanus pardus
- Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus non-native
- Pigfish Orthopristis chrysoptera
- Marbled Blenny Paraclinus marmoratus
- Sailfin Molly Poecilia latipinna
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Sailfin Catfishes Pterygoplichthys
- Cobia Rachycentron canadum
- Red Drum Sciaenops ocellatus
- Lookdown Selene vomer
- Southern Puffer Sphoeroides nephelus
- Strongylura
- Atlantic Needlefish Strongylura marina
- Inshore Lizardfish Synodus foetens
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Nile Tilapia). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 46 species
- from 127 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 25, 2006 – Aug 8, 2026
- 127 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 127 records